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48 Cards in this Set
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CNS
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BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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PNS
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NERVES OUTSIDE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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AXON CONVEYING MESSAGES FROM THE SENSE ORGANS TO THE CNS AND FROM CNS TO MUSCLES.
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AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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CONTROLS HEART, INTESTINES AND OTHER ORGANS
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DORSAL
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TOWARDS THE BACK
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VENTRAL
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TOWARDS THE STOMACH
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LAMINA
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A ROW OR LAYER OF CELL BODIES SEPERATED FROM OTHER CELL BODIES BY A LAYER OF AXONS AND DENDRITES
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NUCLEUS
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A CLUSTER OF NERUON CELL BODIES WITHIN IN CNS
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GANGLION
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A CLUSTER OF NEURON CELL BODIES USUALLY OUTSIDE THE CNS
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GYRUS
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A PROTUBERANCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
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SULCUS
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A FOLD OR GROOVE THAT SEPERATES ONE GYTUS FROM ANOTHER
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FISSURE
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A LONG DEEP SULCUS
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ANTERIOR
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TOWARDS THE FRONT END
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POSTERIOR
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TOWARD THE REAR END
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SUPERIOR
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ABOVE ANOTHER PART
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INFERIOR
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BELOW ANOTHER PART
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LATERAL
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TOWARD THE SIDE, AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
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MEDIAL
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TOWARD THE MIDLINE, AWAY FROM THE SIDE
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PROXIMAL
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LOCATED CLOSE TO THE OPINT OF ORGIN OR ATTACHMENT
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DISTAL
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LOCATED MORE DISTANT FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN OR ATTACHMENT
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IPSILATERAL
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ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BODY
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CONTRALATERAL
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ON THE OPPOSTE SIDE OF THE BODY
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CORONAL PLANE (FRONTAL)
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A PLANE THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM THE FRONT
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SAGITTAL PLANE
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A PLAIN THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM THE SIDE
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HORIZONTAL PLANE / (TRANSVERSE)
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A PLANE THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM ABOVE
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BELL MAGENDIE LAW
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THE ENTERING DORSAL ROOTS (AXON BUNDLES) CARRY SENSORY INFORMATION AND THE EXITING VENTRAL ROOTS CARRY MOTOR INFORMATION
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DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
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CLUSTERS OF NERUONS OUTSIDE THE SPINAL CORD
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GRAY MATTER
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CELL BODIES AND DENDRITES DENSLY PACKED IN THE CENTER OF THE SPINAL CORD
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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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NETWORK OF NERVES THAT PREPARE THE ORGANS FOR VIGOROUS ACTIVITY -FIGHT OR FLIGHT
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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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VEGATATIVE NON EMERGENCY RESPONSES (OPPOSITE OF SYMPATHETIC)
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HINDBRAIN
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MEDULLA, PONS, CEREBELLUM
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BRAINSTEM
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MEDULLA AND PONS, MIDBRAIN AND SOME FOREBRAIN
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FORBRAIN
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THALAMUS, HYPOTHALAMUS
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MIDBRAIN
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COLLICULUS'S, SUBSTANTIA NIGRA...
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HINDBRAIN
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MEDULLA, PONS, CEREBELLUM, MEDULLA
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RETICULAR FORMATION
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CONTROLS MOTOR AREAS OF THE SPINAL CORD.
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RAPHE SYSTEM
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SENDS AXONS TO MUCH OF THE FOREBRAIN
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CEREBELLUM
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MOVEMENT, CALANCE, COORDINATION
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MEDULLA
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CONTROLS LIFE PRESERVING REFLEXES
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PONS
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MANY FIBERS THAT CROSS SIDES IMPORTANT FOR TIMING AND SHIFTING ATTENTION
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SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
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CAUSES PARKINSONS DISEASE
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LIMBIC SYSTEM
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NUMBER OF INTERLINKED STRUCTURES IMPORTANT FOR MOTIVATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORS
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THALAMUS
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MAIN SOURCE OF SENSORY INPUT TO CEREBRAL CORTEX
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HYPOTHALAMUS
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MOTIVATIONAL AND HORMAL REGUALATION
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PITUITARY
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MASTER GLAND
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BASAL GANGLIA
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INFLUENCE MOTOR MOVEMENTS, EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION, MEMORY AND REASONING
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HIPPOCAMPUS
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MEMORY FUNCTION
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CEREBRAL CORTEX
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SURROUNDS THE REST OF THE BRAIN AND RESPONSIBLE FOR SENSORY ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION, LANGUAGE PROCESSING, MOTOR CONTROL AND SOCIAL AWARENESS
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